diff --git a/lib/host/blog.sx b/lib/host/blog.sx
index 24cae789..419a0588 100644
--- a/lib/host/blog.sx
+++ b/lib/host/blog.sx
@@ -776,8 +776,31 @@
   (fn (node)
     (if (= (type-of node) "list")
       (let ((h (str (first node))))
-        (cond ((= h "ref") "card") ((= h "alt") "cond") ((= h "each") "each") (else "other")))
+        (cond
+          ((= h "ref") "card") ((= h "alt") "cond") ((= h "each") "each")
+          ((= h "text") "text")
+          ((or (= h "row") (= h "grid")) "layout")
+          ((or (= h "field") (= h "val")) "field")
+          ((= h "seq") "group")
+          (else "other")))
       "other")))
+;; a short human display of ANY composition node — for the editor rows. A ref becomes a
+;; ✎ edit-chip; text/field/val show their content; a container shows its item count.
+(define host/blog--node-display
+  (fn (slug node)
+    (if (= (type-of node) "list")
+      (let ((h (str (first node))))
+        (cond
+          ((= h "ref")  (host/blog--ref-chip slug (str (first (rest node)))))
+          ((= h "text") (let ((t (str (first (rest node))))) (if (> (len t) 50) (str (substr t 0 50) "…") t)))
+          ((or (= h "field") (= h "val")) (str h " " (str (first (rest node)))))
+          ((or (= h "seq") (= h "row") (= h "grid")) (str h " (" (len (rest node)) ")"))
+          (else h)))
+      (str node))))
+;; the display of a conditional/repeater BRANCH — its last element (a ref, text, or group).
+(define host/blog--branch-display
+  (fn (slug branch)
+    (host/blog--node-display slug (host/blog--nth branch (- (len branch) 1)))))
 ;; every ref slug a node (transitively) contains — for `contains`-edge cleanup on remove.
 (define host/blog--node-refs
   (fn (node)
@@ -1587,27 +1610,29 @@
     (let ((kind (host/blog--node-kind node))
           (rs "display:flex;gap:0.5em;align-items:center;border:1px solid #ddd;padding:0.4em;margin:0.2em 0"))
       (cond
-        ((= kind "card")
-          (quasiquote (li :style (unquote rs)
-            (b :style "min-width:5em" "card")
-            (span :style "flex:1" (unquote (host/blog--ref-chip slug (str (first (rest node))))))
-            (unquote (host/blog--block-ctrls slug idx)))))
+        ;; CONDITIONAL: the condition <select> + a display of each branch (ref chip OR inline).
         ((= kind "cond")
           (quasiquote (li :style (unquote rs)
             (b :style "min-width:5em" "if")
             (span :style "flex:1"
               (unquote (host/blog--cond-form slug idx (host/blog--pred->ckey (host/blog--node-pred node))))
-              " → " (unquote (host/blog--ref-chip slug (host/blog--cond-then node)))
-              " · else → " (unquote (host/blog--ref-chip slug (host/blog--cond-else node))))
+              " → " (unquote (host/blog--branch-display slug (first (rest node))))
+              " · else → " (unquote (host/blog--branch-display slug (first (rest (rest node))))))
             (unquote (host/blog--block-ctrls slug idx)))))
+        ;; REPEATER: the query type + a display of the per-item template (ref OR inline).
         ((= kind "each")
           (quasiquote (li :style (unquote rs)
             (b :style "min-width:5em" "for each")
             (span :style "flex:1"
               (code (unquote (host/blog--node-each-type node)))
-              " → " (unquote (host/blog--ref-chip slug (host/blog--each-tmpl node))))
+              " → " (unquote (host/blog--node-display slug (host/blog--nth node (- (len node) 1)))))
             (unquote (host/blog--block-ctrls slug idx)))))
-        (else (quasiquote (li :style (unquote rs) "(unknown block)")))))))
+        ;; every other kind (card / text / layout / field / group / other) — a labelled row
+        ;; with a preview + controls. No composition node falls through to "unknown".
+        (else (quasiquote (li :style (unquote rs)
+          (b :style "min-width:5em" (unquote kind))
+          (span :style "flex:1;color:#555;overflow:hidden" (unquote (host/blog--node-display slug node)))
+          (unquote (host/blog--block-ctrls slug idx)))))))))
 (define host/blog--block-editor
   (fn (slug)
     (let ((nodes (host/blog-body-nodes slug)))
diff --git a/lib/host/tests/blog.sx b/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
index b84a35f3..bd771e8f 100644
--- a/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
+++ b/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
@@ -897,6 +897,21 @@
     (list (contains? html "+ card") (contains? html "+ conditional")
           (contains? html "+ repeater") (contains? html "for each")))
   (list true true true true))
+;; the editor renders a HAND-AUTHORED composition (text/row/alt-with-text) WITHOUT falling
+;; through to "(unknown block)" — every node kind gets a labelled row (the compose-demo case).
+(host-bl-test "the block editor renders text/layout/inline-alt nodes (no unknown block)"
+  (begin
+    (host/blog-put! "mixdoc" "Mix" "(article)" "published")
+    (host/blog--set-body! "mixdoc"
+      (quote (seq
+        (text "<p>intro</p>")
+        (alt (when (has "auth") (text "member")) (else (text "guest")))
+        (row (text "A") (text "B"))
+        (each (query is-a compose-item) (seq (text "x"))))))
+    (let ((html (render-page (host/blog--block-editor "mixdoc"))))
+      (list (contains? html "unknown block")
+            (contains? html "text") (contains? html "layout") (contains? html "for each"))))
+  (list false true true true))
 ;; -- /workflow-demo: ONE composition object run through the EXECUTE-fold (step 7 live). The
 ;; same :body structure the render-fold renders, folded to an effect log (status=ready ->
 ;; validate, publish, notify each — not hold). --